I Never Wanted To Be a Hero

Chapter 24

Countless of years, the Kingdom of Aruka has been waging war against another Kingdom that had just risen. For thousands of years, the whole world was in peace under the Kazuma Empire, which was ruled by Kazuma Riku and the respective Kings and Queens of different Kingdoms. Until he finally died because of old age. Just right after the death of the great Emperor, a man from the west immediately rose up and destroyed the peace between the Kingdoms. A man named Azter Octavia managed to establish his Kingdom by slowly invading different Kingdoms one after another. After the first Kingdom fell, all the united Kingdoms all over the world had no idea what will Azter's kingdom will become and have ignore its notoriety. But they were alarmed, as a second Kingdom was captured and different. Not long after that, a third Kingdom was also defeated. At that point, the united Kingdoms started to take action. They rallied their troops and attacked Azter's Kingdom. But in the end, they were the ones who were defeated and captured. With a lot of Kingdoms either captured and destroyed, Azter managed to expand his Kingdom at a rapid state. That Kingdom eventually became the Octavian Empire.

The remaining Kingdoms were eventually either captured or surrendered to the Empire. The remaining ones who have not been captured were two Kingdoms. The Kingdom which was considered as the richest among the Kingdoms, the Draconia Federation and the great Kingdom that the God, the Man who could harness the Light, established and Riku's chosen homeland, the Kingdom of Aruka. One of the reasons why both Kingdoms managed to survive was because they were both from the East while Azter established his Kingdom from the west going to east. The Draconia Federation and the Kingdom of Aruka were their supposed to be last stop. But both Kingdoms managed to hold on for countless years of war. Another reason why they survived was because a large continent in the middle of the planet was off-limits from mortals that even the Octavians were also avoiding. That continent was said to be the home of the Gods and where the Man who could Harness the Light was residing. Fearing for the interference and the wrath of the Gods, everyone was avoiding that continent. Because of that, the Octavians only had one pathway to reach the Draconia Federation on the north, a very dangerous trench that was nearly impossible to cross. While at the south, the Octavian Empire and the Kingdom of Aruka were separated by a vast ocean in which they call the Sea of Despair, or what they officially call the Stormwall Ocean. An imaginary wall that prevents the Octavians from crossing and reaching Aruka. Countless of years, the Kingdom of Aruka has been proud of managing to defend the beach. The tactics led by the leader of the Luna family, Luna'freia Solumn, were too good for the Octavians that Solumn was able to send Arukans across that Ocean, something that the Empire couldn't do. But those proud moments turned to dust as the war unexpectedly arrived in the middle of the Kingdom of Aruka. An unexpected attack that no one was prepared for. The Attack on Salion.

The whole city of Salion, not just the stadium, were all in flames because of Rexxid's large-scale attack while he was flying above in the sky. But even his attacks were having trouble piercing through the shield that was protecting the stadium. A half-spherical shield that was formed by Okarina Selliana. Rexxid kept on firing missiles but nothing was working. Suddenly, a big celestic circle came out behind him. Rexxid smiled and said,

"Finally, it's completed."

A big portal was formed at the magic circle. Hundreds of ships started coming out of it. This time, they were not stolen Arukan ships but were now official Octavian ships with their insignia on it.

"Rexxid, this was not supposed to be our plan."

"Shit happened. Ruon, what took you so long?"

"Well, look at this, even if shit happened, you still managed to obliterate the whole city."

"How far are we from the Mishan beach?"

"Still a few hours away, but still a lot closer from where we were hiding."